Investigation of the feasibility of active balancing of hard disk drives

Mechatronics

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 853-859

  Hredzak, Branislav ^a   Guo, Guoxiao ^a  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Balancing; Hard disk drives; Spindle motor

Indexed keywords

BALANCING; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); ELECTROMAGNETISM; MOTORS; ROTATION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES; HARD DISK DRIVES (HDD); SPINDLE MOTORS;

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 2342626546     PISSN: 09574158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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